The use of unmanned aircraft system for the radio frequency interference measurements

Heikkilä, Marjo; Seppänen, Arto; Koskela, Marjut; Pihonen, Jukka; Engelberg, Jan; Pouttu, Ari (2019-08-19)
 
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https://doi.org/10.1109/IWMN.2019.8805039

Heikkilä, Marjo
Seppänen, Arto
Koskela, Marjut
Pihonen, Jukka
Engelberg, Jan
Pouttu, Ari
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
19.08.2019

M. Heikkilä, A. Seppänen, M. Koskela, J. Pihonen, J. Engelberg and A. Pouttu, "The Use of Unmanned Aircraft System for the Radio Frequency Interference Measurements," 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Measurements & Networking (M&N), Catania, Italy, 2019, pp. 1-6, https://doi.org/10.1109/IWMN.2019.8805039

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Abstract

The unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are commonly used for aerial photography, express delivery for packets or video monitoring. The UAS technology can help responding to the growing demands of the frequency monitoring by national radiocommunication authorities (NRAs). This article presents a practical usage trial of an unmanned aircraft for monitoring the spectrum usage and finding the interference location. The monitoring of spectrum usage is one part of the NRAs’ process for guarantee user compliance with radio license conditions. Finding illegal or malfunctioning transmitters is a challenging task especially in urban environment, due to multi-path propagation conditions. This study focuses on practical assessment of the method for determining accurate location of radio frequency interference sources from the buildings using the UAS technology. The practicability of the UAS technology usage in spectrum monitoring activities was under the evaluation. This study showed promising results that UAS with the measurement equipment setup suits NRAs’ as a tool for mobile monitoring on the air.

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